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Ingersol Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Cadmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026910
MRDS ID M000997
Record type Site
Current site name Ingersol Mine
Alternate or previous names Bob Ingersol, Blue Monday, Hearst-Hagen Estate
Related records 10185728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07177, 31.70457 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 11 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL HIGH GRADE STREAKS OF SILVER-GOLD VALUES

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Is Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Limestone
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07177, 31.70457
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Tombstone Basin Following Mineralization, Faulting Occurred On Wnw And Nnw Trends, Tilting Basin Nne
Type of structure Local
Structure description "Northeast" Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS OF BASE METAL SULFIDES WITH SMALL HIGH GRAD E STREAKS OF SILVER-GOLD VALUES IN AN OVERTURNED FOLD OF LIMESTONE CUT BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1932

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hearst-Hagen (Estate), Vmp Leasing Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bob Ingersol

Comments on the production information

  • NO ZINC REPORTED TO USBM; HOWEVER ZINC OF REPORTED IN LITERATURE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK ON 100-400 FT LEVELS, 400 FT LEVEL WORKED IN 1923-1932 PROBABLY 2000 OR MORE FT OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • LEGEND THAT GEORGE HEARST WON PROPERTY IN AN 1880'S POKER GAME IN TOMBSTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN AN OVERTURNED FOLD OF LIMESTONE CUT BY "NORTH EAST" FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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